Beautifully Aged Nearly Square Native American Woven Splint Basket wolf carving as certainly they were before

as certainly they were before incorporated into the piece

The piece as a whole feels a bit Viennese Secession era a la Egon Schiele

executed in lush

perfect for hanging it up

which contains mercury—making one very careful handling it

Beautifully Aged Nearly Square Native American Woven Splint Basket wolf carving as certainly they were beforeI walk past a lot of baskets in these parts, but the color on this one, woven of ash splint I believe, struck me as especially beautiful, with the pattern of the way the splint has weathered amplifying the woven construction of the basket in just the right way. It has definitely lived a life there is a bit of loss visible on one side particularly, and it slants a bit when viewed from that direction but it's the age and wear that really makes it.